#Repost @staxrecords
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release of Soul Man, we revisit how this enormous contribution to music came to be:
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The local news carried alarming reports of a massive riot in Motor City, which started when a police raid on an after-hours bar turned into a tense standoff with patrons and bystanders. Governor George W. Romney deployed the Michigan National Guard to quell the violence, which lasted five days altogether, left 43 people dead, nearly 1,200 injured, more than 7,000 arrested, and thousands of buildings burned or ransacked. Even at the time, it was seen as a major event in the American Civil Rights movement, as well as proof that racial friction was not limited to the South.
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@_isaachayes, an untrained but deeply talented musician who had found steady work as a songwriter at Stax Records in Memphis, watched as the news report explained that black business owners had been spraypainting the word soul on their buildings to let the demonstrators know not to break those windows.
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“I realized the word soul keeps them from burning up their establishments. Wow, soul. Soul. Soul man.” The phrase stuck in Hayes’ head, and he mentioned it to his songwriting partner, David Porter. Together, they crafted one of the biggest r&b hits of the decade — of the century, even — based on that one word and all that it represented.
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Read more about this historic event, here: bit.ly/2vgN3sn
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This Friday, Dec. 15th!
#Repost @jalopybrooklyn (@get_repost)
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Fred Thomas, a living legend, played for years with James Brown. He also recorded on many, many records and he's returning to Jalopy Theatre and School of Music this Friday, December 15th! For this special show he's debuting new songs! Get your tickets while they last at jalopytheatre.org
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